Post and pile driver



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POST AND PILE DRIVER. No. 347,211. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

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POST AND PILB DRIVER. No. 347,211. 'Pa;tented Aug. 10, 1886.

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sections, the lower section, 3, being pivotally connected to a shoe, 29, that is fixed to the rearwardly-extending endof the side timber of the vehicle, while the upper-section, 4, is pivotally connected to a bracket, 30, that is secured totheputer side face of the guide- Eachof the sections 3 and 4: carry two blocks, 5, arranged so that their teeth will interlock, as clearly illustrated in the drawings, and each section is also provided with a U-shaped guiding-clip, 6, which clips serve to hold the two sections in the same general line. One of the sections, as shown in the drawings, (it is the upper one,) is pro.- vided with a second clip, 7, in both legs of which there are formed apertures 8,;and through these apertures I insert a bindingpin, 9, which, wheuin position, holds the teeth of the legs 5 in engagement, but which may be withdrawn in order that the length of the brace mayvbeadjusted to suit the requirements of ,the case, andthe brace having'becn adjusted to a proper. lengththelpin' may be inserted, and having been so inserted will lock the two sections together. The forwardly extending braces 27 are exactly the same as g the side braces, except that the teeth of the with brackets 33, carried by theforward faces is carried by the cross-bar 25, downward and under a sheave, 37 and then forward to apositiou to allow of the hitching of the horse employed to operate the hammer.

In order that the derrick may-be readily handled-that is, adjusted to a vertical position-J connect a long pole, 38, to one of the vertical timbers 20, connection between the pole and the timber being established by means .0ftheI bolts 39 and -10, theI-bolts 39 being fixed to the timber 20, while the I-bolt40 is secured within the-end of the pole 38, from which constructionit will be understood that the pole 38 may be carried'to the side, to thei'ront, or to the rear of the derrick, and thatyirrcspect ive of the position of the operator, he may move the derrick either toward or from him;

The horse employed to operate the hammer" 34 is hitched to the outwardly-extending arm 41, when the vehicle is being transported from place to place or from post to post; and it will be understood that when the machine is tobe transported for any distance the braces 27 are disconnected and the derrickjsfolded'to the position shown in Fig. 5. v I

- .In operating the machine described it is' drawn to the position where it is desired to drive a post or a. pile. The derrick is then adjusted so that it will extend upward in a vertical line. "Tlicpost or pile'to'be driven is placed'beneath the hammer, and the operation of driving is commenced. If desired, the machine could be provided with a measuring or spacing chain, and this chain, after a post has been'drivcn, could be attached thereto and the vehicle moved forward until the chain was taut, from which arrangement it will be understood that the post would be accurately and uniformlyspaced off the distance for each post.

without the trouble'or necessity of measuring-8o j Havingthns fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire-to secure by Y Letters Patent, is- 4 1.v The combination, with the vehicle h'avingthe shoes 22, provided with flanges 23, ha v-Q; ring double-inclined inner faces, of the verti-. cal gnidcposls stepped in said shoes andad justablc braeeslfor said posts, substantially as sct-forth. I ,2. The combination, with a transportingvehicle, of shoes 22,provided"with flanges 23; having double-inclined faces, vertloal'guideposts stepped in said shoes, the upper ends of the guide-posts being tcnoncd to fitwithin mortiscs formed in the cross-bar 2.5,adjnstable' side braces, 26, and forward braces,27,substalr tially as described."

3. The'combination, with the transporting; I vehicle and a derrick carried thereby, oi ad-io'oj jusiable braces formed in sections 3 and 4,tha t; are pivotally connected to the vehicle and guide-timbers of the derrick, respectively,

inner faces of which are'double inclined, a cross-bar, 25, niortised to rece ve the u per no ends of the guide-timbers, pins 2-2, upon which the crossbar. rests, and adjustable side and forward guides, substantially as described,

- V ADAM TOWBERMAF ;\\"itnesses: L. ALEXANDER, A. P.SEE1\IAN. 

